Re: Avoiding a seq scan on a table.

Thanks would you suggest a btree or a hash? My guess would a hash
since it uses an =.

On Jan 14, 2008 11:41 AM, Brian Hurt <bhurt@janestcapital.com> wrote:
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> LWATCDR wrote:
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> >I am trying to create and index that will prevent a seq scan table.
> >The querey that is causing the seq scan is this SELECT COUNT(*) FROM
> >issuetracking where (issue_target='david' OR manager='david') AND
> >date_closed=null;
> >Any ideas on what
> >Any suggestions on what index I can add that will make this not a seq scan?
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> I would recommend making three indexes- one on issue_target, one on
> manager, and one on date_closed.  Postgres can then do a trick where it
> turns the indexes into bitscan indexes (with one "bit" per page as to
> wether that page might have a row of interest or not), which it can then
> bitwise and and or combine together.
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> Don't forget to analyze the table after making the indexes.
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> Brian
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